Jerzy Engel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Władysław Jerzy Engel | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Włocławek, Poland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1969 | Junak Włocławek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1971 | Kujawiak Włocławek | ||
| 1971–1973 | AZS-AWF Warsaw | ||
| 1973–1974 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Polonia Warsaw II | ||
| 1976–1977 | Hutnik Warszawa | ||
| 1977–1978 | RKS Błonie | ||
| 1978 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| 1979–1981 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | ||
| 1982–1984 | Hutnik Warszawa | ||
| 1985–1987 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 1988–1990 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 1990–1991 | APOP Paphos | ||
| 1991–1995 | Nea Salamis | ||
| 1996 | Nea Salamis | ||
| 1997 | Aris Limassol | ||
| 1997–1999 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| 2000–2002 | Poland | ||
| 2005 | Wisła Kraków | ||
| 2005–2006 | APOEL | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Władysław Jerzy Engel (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ˈjɛʐɨ ˈɛŋɡɛl]; born 6 October 1952) is a Polish former footballer and coach.
Biography
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local youth club Junak Wloclawek, before being promoted to local senior team Kujawiak Włocławek which allow him to move to the likes of Polonia Warsaw and several other clubs.
Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at the age of 22, being cruelly forced to cut his career short because of injury.
Coaching and managerial career
[edit]First spell in club football
[edit]With spirits dampened only slightly, he immediately turned to coaching and took over at Polonia Warsaw reserves in the 1975/1976 season.
After a spell with third division teams, he came to the fore once more with his involvement in Poland's third-place finish in the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain, helping then national coach, Antoni Piechniczek, choose the ideal squad.
In 1985 Jurek took over at Legia Warsaw, leading them to two second-place finishes in the Polish Championship in three seasons. Just as he was becoming well known he made the strange decision to move to Apollon Limassol, in Cyprus, an island he stayed on for seven years.
He later returned to Legia before taking Polonia Warsaw to runners-up spot in 1998–99.
National team spell
[edit]He became manager of the Poland national team in 1999 and after failing to achieve qualification for the UEFA Euro 2000, was instrumental in securing Emmanuel Olisadebe's naturalisation as a Polish national.
With the side lacking firepower when he took charge, Engel saw the qualities in Nigerian-born Olisadebe who was already playing his league football in Poland. He asked the president to speed Olisadebe's papers through and as a result, had a talented forward available for World Cup qualifying. Olisadebe rewarded his coach with eight goals in ten qualifying matches.
Engel steered Poland to their first World Cup finals tournament since 1986, when he oversaw their participation at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.[2]
The World Cup did not go well and Poland were eliminated in the first round. The opening two games provided two resounding defeats, losing to South Korea and Portugal. After being knocked out of the tournament and now without any pressure to perform, Poland beat the United States in their final group game for a famous victory.
Second spell in club football
[edit]His most recent vocation was at Wisła Kraków where he was trainer until late-October 2005 and he has also been sports director of Legia Warsaw. In December 2005, he moved back in Cyprus and headed the coaching team of APOEL. He led the team into the third place of the Cypriot Championship, just two points from the top, and won the Cypriot Cup as well.
Directorial career
[edit]On 25 June 2015 "Polonia Warsaw Co." under the leadership of Jerzy Engel took over the senior team from the MKS Polonia Warsaw Academy, which helped to reinstate Polonia Warsaw back from nonexistence, to the bottom-half of the 4th tier (third league) of professional football in Poland. Under "Engel's Co." the club returned to the emblem, and the sponsor from the Polish Title winning season (1999/2000).
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]Polonia Warszawa
APOEL
Individual
- Polish Coach of the Year: 2000, 2001[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jerzy Engel - Oficjalna Strona WWW". Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ "BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Poland | Engel blames his players".
- ^ "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
Jerzy Engel managerial positions |
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- Apollon Limassol FC managers
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Polish men's footballers
- Polonia Warsaw players
- Polish football managers
- Wisła Kraków managers
- Legia Warsaw managers
- Poland national football team managers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup managers
- People from Włocławek
- Polish people of German descent
- APOEL FC managers
- Polonia Warsaw managers
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers
- Aris Limassol FC managers
- Footballers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Men's association football forwards
- Hutnik Warsaw managers
- APOP Paphos FC managers
- Polish expatriate football managers
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus